IF YOU WRITE THE WORD OPERATION, THE REMOVE THE LETTERS THAT SPELL PAIN HERE IN LOWER CASE OpERaTiOn YOU GET O_er_t_o_, HENCE OPERATION WITHOUT THE WORD PAIN, IE, A PAINLESS OPERATION, NOW DO YOU GET IT??

I don't think this makes any sense!!! The question is. "CAN YOU DICIPHER THIS PHRASE?" not "WHAT DOES DO GET WHEN YOU DICIPHER THIS PHRASE?" So my answer was. No, I can't dicipher this phrase! Now I'm right! Arn't I!

wow that was a really great teaser!! its going in my favorites.. and that's a great honor, because i only have a select few in there. anyways, are some of you people THAT rediculously stupid??? if you dont get it, SCROLL UP. this teaser has been explained in the comments like three times now. if you are only submitting a comment to get your points up, that's really pathetic.

ps: i still didnt get it even when u explain to the ppl who didnt get it...if u going to take ur time to explain to me...explain with many detail as u can like explaining to a first grader....and hmmmm just give me e-mail to explain to me

Bah, I hate being reminded of how bad I am at rebuses. I kept trying to read it literally, saying things like: "Oh-blank-er-blank-tee-blank-oh-blank."

I'm almost ashamed at how I didn't think of how the blanks could represent missing letters, and I'm even sure I've seen other rebuses where missing letters spelled something. But I hadn't seen this one.

I guess I had it stuck in my head that "I'm no good at these," thus proving true the famous saying: "Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right."

Great teaser! I must have seen this before because it said that I already rated it, but I don't remember it.

Just a future tip, it's a good idea to explain the answer when you give it for those that just don't get it. Though it seemed PAINfully obvious to me, there seems to have been quite a few people in need of an explanation. I guess if you're not at all familiar with solving a rebus, it wouldn't make a lot of sense.

When I opened the teaserer this morning I saw it was a rebus
not good at those soI really did not spend much time on it. When I looked at the answer , I was disappointed , i could have got that, It went in my faves

i didnt get it but when someone explained it to me i got it.
i told my freinds to look at it then they were like "what this makes no since" then it took about 10 mins for me to explain it then she wanted to read all the coments and make fun of the people who didnt get it.

ATTENTION READERS!!!
I've received many private messages. Some like my honesty on teaser remarks. Others hate me with a passion. I'm leaving it upto you people whether I leave or stay. During the next 3 days at the end of your remarks put the word LEAVE or STAY in capital letters. I will abide by the total count. Please vote once only.

Doehead, I agree with the people who say 'stay' but could you be a bit less sharp in your criticisms. I for one would hate to lose you, but I must admit you have upset me on several occations in the past; can you find compromise in you?

And now, back to the teaser! I saw 'operation' pretty readily, but never gave a thought to what letters were missing! Maybe because I'm currently five weeks post-kidney transplant, I know that operations are painless, thanks to good doctors, but recovery is a b****!!

I don't think that that is a very responsible way to handle the situation. First off, you are trying to pass of responsibility to everyone else for your remarks. By saying you're leaving it up to a vote, where anyone who votes for you to leave ends up potentially looking like a jerk for doing so, pretty much guarantees the vote will go in favor of you. Then, once you have won the vote to stay, you can claim 'community approval' for acting in a rude manner.

I say that you make the decision yourself on whether you stay or leave and deal with the consequences that come with that decision. If your comments are not bad enough to be deleted by moderators, then you have the right to make them, but you must also be prepared for the reactions they may bring.